Please help me convert part of a VOB file to XviD

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Defiance6

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31. August 2006 @ 05:47

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Hello,

I have literally tried 10 different programs to try and get this to happen. NOTHING seems to work properly.

Let me briefly explain what I wish to do...

I have a DVD of Eight Below in my PC (yes a perfectly legitamate and paid for version) and wish to extract approxiamtely 4 minutes from the first VOB file (VTS_01_1.VOB).

I know I could convert the whole DVD to an XviD file but this would probably take 8 hours of encoding. For just a 4 minute clip that seems slightly excessive.

Therefore why couldn't I just extract my 4 minute clip in VOB form and then convert that small VOB file to XviD?

I've read through these forums and from what I've gathered a VOB file is just an MPEG-2 file with a different extension.

The screenshot below would seem to back that up...

So, knowing it's an MPEG-2 file I thought the best software to edit it in (and extract my 4 minute clip) would be M2-edit.

However when I go to extract in M2-edit I get the following error message...

Not sure why this is :( It seems to do the cutting part fine.

I've also tried VirtualDub-MPEG2. This opens the VOB file fine and I can actually select my 4 minute clip, however when I go to export I get the following error...

So I select 'No audio' from the 'Audio' menu just to test the video output and that seems to work OK. But without audio it's obviously useless to me :(

I won't bother listing the other programs and methods I've tried because I think it's clear what I wish to do.

Thank you to anyone who has taken the time to read this and all help is appreciated :)

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Defiance6

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31. August 2006 @ 06:00

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Oh... It seems that the XviD file that VirtualDub-MPEG2 made (the one with no audio) is actually the wrong size.

When I maximize the original VOB file in VLC media player it fills my whole screen width.

However the new XviD (no audio) file doesn't. It's boxed in the centre :(

I've taken a screenshot from MediaInfo of the XviD file...

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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 31. August 2006 @ 06:01

collarme

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31. August 2006 @ 15:54

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Get a program called VideoReDo. Just load your VOB, select start and end points and click save. Frame accurate and non-lossy. There's a long trial and plenty of advice on their forum.

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Download XviD codec from here.

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